"There's one other possibility..." Wei Jiangyuan said quietly.
"You mean..." Xiao Yan immediately guessed Wei Jiangyuan's meaning, a cold glint appearing in his eyes. "It's in Ling Zhuo's hands?"
Both of them knew that Ling Zhuo's group had gained quite an advantage in gathering medicinal herbs by locating Mist Mountain ahead of everyone else. Although Xiao Yan knew that Nine-Jointed Jade Bamboo existed within the Pill Realm, there was indeed a strong possibility that it was in Ling Zhuo's possession.
"No matter where it is, I have to obtain it. I absolutely won't let anything happen to Junior Sister Qingyu!" Xiao Yan's gaze was incomparably solemn.
As time passed, the secret of the Pill Realm's Mist Mountains became known to all the alchemists.
Such treasure mountains, prepared entirely for high-level alchemists, were naturally the places most favored by these alchemists. If Mist Mountain was a treasure mountain belonging to alchemists, then the ten medicinal herbs within the restrictions at its summit were the most precious treasures within that mountain. However, obtaining those treasures required sufficient strength.
Only alchemists who had reached the late seventh tier had a chance of obtaining one or two of them. Even eighth-tier alchemists possessing Spiritual Realm souls might ultimately fail.
For instance, atop one of the Mist Mountains in the Pill Realm, someone was currently struggling with the last medicinal herb. Yet this person could no longer be considered a true alchemist. He was Lei Jingxiao of the Thunder Clan, the one who had sworn to come to the Pill Realm and serve as Xiao Yan's bodyguard.
Lei Jingxiao extended his Spiritual Realm soul, painstakingly moving that final medicinal herb beneath the protection of the ten great runes. Lei Jingxiao was not a true alchemist, and he had not entered the Spiritual Realm for